Guard rail mount



Sept. 8, 1936. J. R. ULRICH 2,053,927

GUARD RAIL MOUNT Filed June 26, 1951 gai i;

Patented Sept. 8, 1936 UNi'rEo STATES PATENT-"OFFICE Y 2,053,927. x y' GUARD RAInMouNrr .101m Ray Ulrich, Bethlehem, ra., as'signin-itu Bethlehem Steel Company, a corporation of;

Pennsylvania Application. June 2t,v 1931,;Serial Ne` 521,058. c Claims. (ci. :ass-#20) f My invention relatesA to improvements in guard rail mounts.

One object of my invention is to provide a guard mount or support which may be firmly attached to 5 a railroad tie and to which a guard rail may be easily attached.

Another object of my invention is to provide a guard rail mount which is adapted to engage the side of a guard rail above its base flange to efliciently brace the guard rail.

Another object of my invention is to provide a guard rail mount which is especially adaptable where it is desired to place the guard rail outside of the main rail.

The novel features of my invention will be more fully understood from the following description and claims taken with the drawing in which Fig. 1 is a top plan view of my device as applied to a track structure.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, I5 designates a tie, I6 a section of a main rail, Il my improved guard rail mount, and I8 a guard rail mounted thereon.

The preferred form of my invention comprises end members I9 and 20 which are adapted to engage a railroad tie I5, an elevated member 2| upon which the guard rail I8 is adapted to be mounted and substantially vertical members 22 and 23 which connect the end members and the elevated member. One of the end members is preferably of such length that it will pass beneath the base of the main rail and form a seat 24 therefor and also serves to retain the guard rail mount against tipping.` Holes 25 are provided in the end members to receive fastening means, such as spikes 26,

for fastening the mount to the tie I5. The mount is preferably of uniform cross-section and is preferably formed by a forging or rolling operation. The seat 2'I for the guard rail is preferably elevated so that the guard rail will extend a suicient distance above the main rail. This is especially necessary Where the guard rail is mounted outside the main rail as shown in the drawing. A.

brace 28 is connected to the mount adjacent to the seat 21 by suitable fastening means, such as a weld, and is adapted to retain the guard rail against lateral displacement with respect to the main rail. Means, such as a clip 29, is provided to retain the guard rail against lateral displacement in the other direction. This clip preferably overhangs the main rail base and retains the main rail against vertical displacement by engaging the 55 upper surface of the rail base flange upon the vertical movement of the. main rail..` The main rail is held against lateral displacement in one direction by the vertical member 23 and in the other direction by suitable fastening means suc'ri as the spike 26. 5

The clip 29 is preferably retained in position by means of a bolt 3l which passes through the vertical sections 22 and 23 of the mount, and which also strengthens the guard mount by retaining the vertical sections against spreading. 10

From the foregoing description it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that I have devised an improved guard rail mount which efficiently supports a guard rail and which is especially adaptable where it is desired to place a guard 15 rail outside a main or running rail.

While I have shown my invention in but one form, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that it is not so limited, but is susceptible of other changes and modifications without de- 20 parting from the spirit thereof and we desire, therefore, that only such limitations shall be placed thereupon, as are imposed by the prior art, or as are specifically set forth in the appended claims. 25

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A mount for a guard rail comprising tie engaging portions, an intermediate elevated portion 30 adapted to receive the guard rail, a guard rail brace connected to said elevated portion, substantially vertical connecting members for the end portions and the intermediate portion and a guard rail clip mounted on one of said vertical por- 35 tions.

2. A mount for a guard rail comprising tie engaging portions, an intermediate elevated portion adapted to; receive the guard rail, a guard rail brace connected to said elevated portion, substan- 40 tially vertical connecting members for the end portions and the intermediate portion, a guard rail clip mounted on one of said vertical members, and retaining means for said clip, said retaining means comprising a member passing through said 15 vertical members.

3. In combination with a railway track structure comprising a main rail, a guard rail, a mount for said guard rail, said mount comprising tie engaging end portions, an intermediate elevated 50 portion, members connecting said end portions and said intermediate portion, a brace mounted on said elevated portion for supporting one side of the guard rail and a clip mounted on one of said connecting members adapted to engage the other side of the guard rail and to overlie the main rail base.

4. In combination with a railway track structure comprising a main rail, a guard rail, a mount for said guard rail, said mount comprising tie engaging end portions, an intermediate elevated portion, one of said end portions constituting a seat for a main rail, said elevated portion constituting a seat for a guard rail, a connecting member between said main rail seat and said guard rail seat said connecting member providing an abutment for the main rail, and a clip mounted on said connecting member having its upper end engaging the guard rail base and its lower end overhanging the main rail base.

5. In combination with a railway track structure, a main rail, a guard rail arranged outside of said main rail, a mount for said guard rail, said mount comprising a tie engaging portion extending inwardly beneath the main rail, an

elevated portion beneath the guard rail and a connecting member for said tie engaging portion and said elevated portion, and means mounted on said elevated portion to retain the guard rail against movement in a lateral and tipping direction from said main rail, and means connected to the aforementioned connecting member to retain the guard rail against lateral displacement in the other direction.

6. A guard rail mount comprising a deep channel-shaped member constituting an elevated seat portion for a guard rail and a pair of oppositely disposed members projecting laterally from the extremities of the anges of said channel-shaped member to engage a railroad tie, one of said members projecting a considerable distance from its ange and constituting a seat for a main rail and retaining means for the guard rail and the main rail attached to the flange intermediate the main rail seat and the guard rail seat.

JOHN RAY ULRICH. 

